Me, you idiot. [Punch him if you want but he punches back. Probably. Maybe not with Ikki.]

Oh gee, that's far superior. Yes Ikki, protecting people is still justice. Everyone makes mistakes, it doesn't mean they should all be mowed down for it. [Ugh don't get him started on Akainu. And Ace. He doesn't want to go there, and you don't want him to go there, so he won't.] So long as there are still people you and your brother or Kotomi, there's a reason to keep trying.

Kotomi would not have found someone else or she already would have and you wouldn't be in the picture right now. Get your head together. All she wants is you, all she ever wanted was someone maybe a tenth as devoted as you. You actually think her violin playing is good. No, there isn't another person in all the different universes quite like you and available to her, so enjoy what you have before you decide she could do better with a fairy tale that doesn't exist. If she wanted to be alone pining for someone else still, she would be. She's not an idiot, so she obviously knows what she likes about you. Why can't you just trust her in that?

[................ Yeah he's so going to get punched. This is why Smoker doesn't generally have friends, jeepers.]